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adjective | verb slimslim1 /slɪm/ ●●○ adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest) ETYMOLOGYslim1Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch bad, of low quality THESAURUSnot fat► thin having little fat on your body: He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner. ► slim thin in a way that looks good: Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise. ► slender thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women: The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist. ► lean thin in a healthy way without much fat: He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs. ► slight thin and delicate with a small body structure: Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away! ► skinny thin in a way that is not attractive: Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny. ► underweight thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors: The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight. ► gaunt thin, pale, and unhealthy: What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt. ► emaciated formal extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating: Emaciated refugees filled the camp. ► anorexic extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat: Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic? ► skeletal so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin: She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed. 1 attractively thin: a slim waist► see thesaurus at thin12a slim chance/possibility etc. very little chance, etc. of getting what you want: They have only a slim chance of winning.3very small in amount or number: The team has a slim lead.4not wide or thick: a slim volume5slim pickings informal used to say that there is not enough of something [Origin: 1600–1700 Dutch bad, of low quality] adjective | verb slimslim2 verb (slimmed, slimming) VERB TABLEslim |
Present | I, you, we, they | slim | | he, she, it | slims | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slimmed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slimmed | | he, she, it | has slimmed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slimmed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slim | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slimmed |
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Present | I | am slimming | | he, she, it | is slimming | | you, we, they | are slimming | Past | I, he, she, it | was slimming | | you, we, they | were slimming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slimming | | he, she, it | has been slimming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slimming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slimming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slimming |
slim down phrasal verb (also slim)1 slim something ↔ down to become smaller in size or amount, or to reduce the size or amount of something: They want to slim down the company.2 slim somebody/something ↔ down to become thinner by losing weight, or to make a person or a body part thinner in this way: I’m trying to slim down. |